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William Branham | William Branham claimed he saw a series of eight prophetic visions in June 1933. In the second vision, William Branham witnessed Benito Mussolini brutally invading Ethiopia and then coming to a shameful demise. | ||
==1961 Retelling of the 1933 Prophecy== | ==1961 Retelling of the 1933 Prophecy== | ||
:''The dictator that's now arising in Italy (which is Mussolini), he will come into power, and he will go to Ethiopia; and Ethiopia will fall at his steps." There's people setting here now that knows that there's a group of people come and stood...was going to throw me out of the hall for saying such a thing...when I said that. But did he do it? But I said, "He'll come to a shameful end," and he did. Him and the woman he run with was turned upside down and hung on a rope in the street with their feet up, their clothes hanging down. All right, that come to pass.'' <ref> William Branham, Sermon: Seventy Weeks of Daniel, August 6, 1961 </ref> | |||
:''The dictator that's now arising in Italy (which is Mussolini), he will come into power, and he will go to Ethiopia; and Ethiopia will fall at his steps." There's people setting here now that knows that there's a group of people come and stood...was going to throw me out of the hall for saying such a thing...when I said that. But did he do it? But I said, "He'll come to a shameful end," and he did. Him and the woman he run with was turned upside down and hung on a rope in the street with their feet up, their clothes hanging down. All right, that come to pass.'' | |||
==Problems with the Prophecy== | ==Problems with the Prophecy== | ||
===Incorrect Statements as part of the Prophecy=== | ===Incorrect Statements as part of the Prophecy=== | ||
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*''…standing up as a dictator; he will make his first invasion to Ethiopia.'' (61-03-12) | *''…standing up as a dictator; he will make his first invasion to Ethiopia.'' (61-03-12) | ||
Italy’s first invasion under Mussolini's rule was the Greek island of Corfu in 1923. Italy then invaded Ethiopia in May, 1936. In June 1936, Italian planes were assisting in the Spanish civil war. Italy thereafter invaded Albania (1939), France (1940), British Somaliliand, Sudan and Kenya (1940), Egypt (1940), Belgium (1940), Greece (1940), and the Soviet Union (1941). Mussolini also declared war on the United States on December 11, 1941 after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. | |||
2) Mussolini would rise to power after 1933: | 2) Mussolini would rise to power after 1933: | ||
*''I saw it in 1933. …Neither was Mussolini in power,'' (63-07-24) | *''I saw it in 1933. …Neither was Mussolini in power,'' (63-07-24) | ||
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*''Mussolini, who was then becoming dictator, he would become dictator. And, also, he would make an invasion and go down to Ethiopia,'' (64-07-26) | *''Mussolini, who was then becoming dictator, he would become dictator. And, also, he would make an invasion and go down to Ethiopia,'' (64-07-26) | ||
However, Mussolini became Prime Minister of Italy in October 1922, and was already a dictator by 1925. | However, Mussolini became Prime Minister of Italy in October 1922, and was already a dictator by 1925. | ||
===Progressive Changes In The Prophecy=== | ===Progressive Changes In The Prophecy=== | ||
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The problem with all of these changes is that William Branham said on November 17, 1963 that the vision was ''"perfectly on the dot. And it's never failed, and it won't fail, because it's THUS SAITH THE LORD."'' | The problem with all of these changes is that William Branham said on November 17, 1963 that the vision was ''"perfectly on the dot. And it's never failed, and it won't fail, because it's THUS SAITH THE LORD."'' | ||
===Independent Evidence=== | |||
The first recorded mention of this prophecy is in 1953. William Branham also refers to this and other prophecies being contained in his book of prophecies, but no copies of this book appear to be in existence, or were ever released to the public.<ref>''Yeah, I know that, see, just exactly what's wrote on my book of prophecy in 1933, that would take place.'' (Souls That are in Prison Now, November 10, 1963)</ref> | |||
==About Ethiopia and the Italian Invasion== | ==About Ethiopia and the Italian Invasion== | ||